RNA-mediated gene activation

Epigenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-36

  Jiao, Alan L ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Epigenetic; eRNA; lincRNA; Non coding RNA; RNAa; saRNA; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84891926803     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.26942     Document Type: Article

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